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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR SEPTEMBER 1794 .
A DISCOURSE
ON THE ORIGIN , PROGRESS , AND DESIGN , OF FREEMASONRY .
Delivered at the Meeting-House in CHARXESTOWN , in the Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS , on the Anniversary of ST . JOHN the Baptist , June 24 , A . D . 1793 . BY JOSIAH BARTLETT , ESQ . M . B . CIIA RITAS INSIGNE EST VIRTUTIS .
Look round the world , behold the chain of LOVE Combining all below and all above . In Faith and Hope the world will disagree , But all mankind's concern is CHARITY : All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of G OD that bless mankind or mend . P OPE ' Essay , Ep . III .
FATHERS AND FRIENDS , IT is not -without the strongest conviction of my inability that I presume to appear in this great assembfycn the present occasion : influenced , however , by the irresistible call of my Brethren , and firmly relying- on a continued exercise of that candour which , in other instances , I have so repeatedly and undeservedly experienced
from my respected fellow citizens , I shall endeavour briefly to delineate the orig in , progress , and design , of Freemasonry ; which , though hlamed by some , and wondered at by others , is founded on the broad basis of UNIVERSAL PHILANTHROPY ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR SEPTEMBER 1794 .
A DISCOURSE
ON THE ORIGIN , PROGRESS , AND DESIGN , OF FREEMASONRY .
Delivered at the Meeting-House in CHARXESTOWN , in the Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS , on the Anniversary of ST . JOHN the Baptist , June 24 , A . D . 1793 . BY JOSIAH BARTLETT , ESQ . M . B . CIIA RITAS INSIGNE EST VIRTUTIS .
Look round the world , behold the chain of LOVE Combining all below and all above . In Faith and Hope the world will disagree , But all mankind's concern is CHARITY : All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of G OD that bless mankind or mend . P OPE ' Essay , Ep . III .
FATHERS AND FRIENDS , IT is not -without the strongest conviction of my inability that I presume to appear in this great assembfycn the present occasion : influenced , however , by the irresistible call of my Brethren , and firmly relying- on a continued exercise of that candour which , in other instances , I have so repeatedly and undeservedly experienced
from my respected fellow citizens , I shall endeavour briefly to delineate the orig in , progress , and design , of Freemasonry ; which , though hlamed by some , and wondered at by others , is founded on the broad basis of UNIVERSAL PHILANTHROPY ,